M4 Sherman Variants

M4 mobile assault bridge.

M4 sherman variants. Us special attachment variants edit sherman dd duplex drive amphibious m4. The sheer availability of the classic american m4 sherman medium tank meant that the basic chassis was put to good use to cover other battlefield roles. The tank s actual name is the m4a3e8 or easy eight but like most m4 sherman variants shared a longer more specific name the m4a3 76 w hvss 76mm gun hvss suspension. Sherman firefly about 2 000 m4s firefly ic and m4a4s firefly vc were re armed by the british in 1944 with their.

First in name 4th into production. A variant of the m4 sherman was armed with the 105 mm m4 howitzer which provided even more powerful high explosive armament. M4 mobile assault bridge. This variant was employed in three vehicle assault gun platoons in tank battalions along with another 1 in each medium tank company for a total of 6 per tank battalion 90 to provide close fire support and smoke.

M4 dozer fitted with m1 side arm or m2 hydraulic mount dozer blade. T15 e1 e2 series of mine resistant shermans based on the t14 kit. Cancelled at war s end. Entries are listed below by initial year of service descending.

Mine exploders mine. There are a total of 9 m4 sherman medium tank variantsentries in the military factory. T hese tanks used the same r975 motor. First into production and when it did go it was the most advanced.